Royal Antwerp takes on Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League this week on both teams will be looking to pick up their first win of the group stages. The two sides meet on Thursday at 17:45 pm BST. The Belgian outfit are coming into this game on the back of three consecutive wins in the league. Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt have failed to win their last six matches across all competitions. Royal Antwerp vs Eintracht Frankfurt team news The home side will be without the services of Sam Vines, Sander Coopman and Jelle Bataille. The Bundesliga outfit are without Sebastian Rode due to an injury and the likes of Erik Durm could miss out as well. Royal Antwerp: Butez; Buta, Almeida, Dessoleil, De Laet; Gerkens, Verstraete; Miyoshi, Samatta, Nainggolan; Frey Eintracht Frankfurt:&nbs...
Super Eagles center back Leon Balogun impressed in a right-back role as Rangers won in a seven -goal thriller in the Europa League round of 32 clash against Royal Antwerp at Bosuilstadion on Thursday night. With 24 minutes played, the Nigeria international came off the bench to replace Rangers skipper James Tavernier, who was not able to continue due to an injury. The right-back position is not entirely new to Balogun as he has played in that role for the national team, Mainz and Brighton & Hove. In fact, he made his debut for the Super Eagles as a right-back when he replaced Efe Ambrose in the second half of a pre-World Cup friendly against Mexico in March 2014. “I was back to an old role and I was happy I can still play it,” Balogun said at yesterday’s press conference. “I think the ...
Nigeria forward Paul Mukairu is in the running for Anderlecht player of the month award for November. Mukairu’s superb strike from outside the box on his league debut for Anderlecht handed Vincent Kompany’s side all three points against Royal Antwerp. The young forward replaced Sierra Leone’s Mustapha Bundu three minutes after the hour mark and scored the winning goal in the 76th minute. The 20-year-old is nominated along with three other players; Lukas Nmecha, Laura Deloose and Laura De Neve for the award. He provided the assist for Nmecha’s goal in the 2-1 away defeat at Beerschot. Mukairu, who linked up with Anderlecht on loan from Turkish outfit Antalyaspor at the start of the season has scored one goal in four league appearances for the club. Get more stories like this on Twitter You ...